The illusion and truth of the Box Elder Stratos data center

By: Elisa Nelson

Outlets: Utah News Dispatch

Published: May 27, 2026

Words: 817

Last Updated: 3 weeks, 4 days ago

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Western Box Elder County, Utah, is the forefront for one of the most aggressive corporate campaigns through The Stratos Project, a 40,000-acre data center campus. From a corporate governance lens, the project is less about computing and more about a predatory economic model: a ruthless land and utility grab.

The face of this is Kevin O’Leary whose corporate history is defined by wealth illusion. O’Leary led The Learning Company and under his leadership, TLC …

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